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It took until Sunday, but Coachella 2025 found its first disastrous set
with Rema. The Nigerian Afrobeats superstar did not take the stage at the festivalAs Mojave Tent until nearly 30 minutes into his 45-minute set, and lip-synched badly for a couple of songs. But then the backing track was dropped and he delivered a solid performance for a few songs, including
his global smash oCalm Down,o before another delay at his scheduled end
time. The set continued for three more songs, but ended on a note of some confusion and widespread grumbling from the audience.

It seems obvious that something was wrong, as the next set in the Mojave
Tent, by British dance-music vets Basement Jaxx, was delayed for half an
hour and initially suffered from technical difficulties.

According to his label Mavin Records, Rema arrived at the venue two hours before set time, and soundcheck had gone smoothly. But 30 minutes before
his set began, his in-ears were not fitting as they were different than
the ones from soundcheck, and his mic was not working. After he got on
stage, the technical issues with his in-ears persisted and the band
couldnAt hear one another, leaving the backing track to take prominence. Because of this, his rep states, the set was cut short.

RemaAs set actually began a few minutes before its scheduled 5 p.m. PT
start time, with the DJ and several musicians took the stage to Afrobeats hits. After a couple of minutes, the DJ shouted, oRemaAs about to take the stage!,o but kept playing music and hyping a and hypinga and hyping while
the musicians fiddled with their equipment and looked at each other with increasing confusion and concern.

After several minutes, the DJ tried to keep the mood afloat by cuing up
TylaAs international smash oWater,o which got a big cheer from the crowd.

oThis RemaAs DJ Afrobeat set is fire,o one fan posted on Twitter. oBut
this is not why we are here,o adding a crying emoji. The Coachella
livestream camera crews faced increasing challenges finding fans to put on camera who didnAt look annoyed.

oNahh Rema pulling up late while the DJ & guitarist look around wondering where heAs at is wild,o wrote another fan.

Finally, after nearly half an hour, the music stopped abruptly and the DJ yelled: oAre you ready? If youAre ready for Rema, make some motherfuckinA noise!o

The crowd cheered, but Rema was clearly lip-synching and not trying hard
to pretend otherwise, pulling the mic away from his mouth while the
recording of his voice continued.

He spoke enthusiastically to the crowd between songs though, saying he
oloved the energyo and asking if they wanted oanudda banga!o But suddenly,
he wasnAt lip-synching anymore and the band appeared relieved and played enthusiastically.

oIf you donAt know the song word for word, I just want to see you dance
and enjoy yourself,o he told the suddenly energized crowd. oAfrobeats is
about the vibes, you only live once.o

But after about a dozen minutes that included a rousing version of his
global hit oCalm Downo (minus Selena Gomez, who guests on the remix) and oFavourite Girl,o there was a long pause and darkness on the stage u it
seems the organizers were trying to end his set, but he pushed back.

oThey sayinA itAs time for Rema to go home,o he told the crowd.

After another couple of minutes, the guitar lick for his just-released
single oBout Uo began but he said oHold up!o and it stopped u and a
different song began. He followed with oBout U,o then played oBaby (Is It
a Crime),o and the set ended amid a confused reaction from the crowd.

oOkay IAm guessing Rema had a wardrobe malfunction,o one fan posted.

oYou can see in his face and body language he is slightly annoyed and defeated,o another wrote after the set ended. oIAm so hurt for him cause knowing Rema he wanted to give it his all.o

Another fan was less charitable. oThe reviews about this Rema coachella
set in the morning is not gonna be nice. He feels a bit out of breath,
drank water like twice, the dj had to restart DND after playing Bout You instead. The set is ending early or what? Something is off.o

Whether the problems were due to technical or human issues, it was a rough
day for Rema. Many eyes will be on his set or livestream during
CoachellaAs second weekend at 5 p.m. PT next Sunday.

https://variety.com/2025/music/news/rema-coachella-disaster-what-happened- 1236368603/

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